Tuberculosis and mass gatherings—opportunities for defining burden, transmission risk, and the optimal surveillance, prevention, and control measures at the annual Hajj pilgrimage

Tuberculosis and mass gatherings—opportunities for defining burden, transmission risk, and the optimal surveillance, prevention, and control measures at the annual Hajj pilgrimage

Tuberculosis (TB) is now the most common infectious cause of death worldwide. In 2014, an estimated 9.6 million people developed active TB. There were an estimated three million people with active TB including 360 000 with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) who were not diagnosed, and such people conti...

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Main Authors: Alimuddin Zumla, Abdulaziz Bin Saeed, Badriah Alotaibi, Saber Yezli, Osman Dar, Kingsley Bieh, Matthew Bates, Tamara Tayeb, Peter Mwaba, Shuja Shafi, Brian McCloskey, Eskild Petersen, Esam I. Azhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Hajj
Mass gatherings
Transmission
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216000230

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